If you are on holidays and you still don’t know where to go, don’t miss
the opportunity to get to know Cambridge while its Folk Festival is taking
place. It’s an amazing cultural adventure.
Featuring everything from bluegrass acts to gospel performers, Cambridge
Folk festival brings together a spectacular mix of music and people from around
the globe.
Idris Elba as Nelson Mandela: Trailer released for Mandela: Long Walk to
Freedom
Idris Elba plays
South Africa's anti-apartheid icon in the film
Today cinemagoers got their first look
at a full trailer for the upcoming Nelson Mandela biopic.
Lutherstar
Idris Elba plays South Africa's anti-apartheid icon in the film, set for
release in November, leaving both the film and Elba in Oscar contention.
Earlier this month a much less revealingteaser trailerwas released, showing little of how the
British actor will look in character. But this latest release gives away a lot
more of what the film will focus on - the future Nobel peace laureate's younger
days as a fighter against white political supremacy.
Speaking about the role earlier this
year, Elba said: "I learnt a lot about the man and his life, and I learnt
a lot about sacrifice."
Today I leave you with these images that express one of the most serious problems that the school, in general, and families, in particular, nowadays have to face: what can be considered real communication? Do new technologies encourage passivity and laziness? Or do they gather people?
As I have promised, here is the post on the use of the present simple with I, you, we and they as well as some exercises on this grammar topic. Don't forget to check your answers. Be honest!
If you want, you can write a brief comment about the posts. Try to do it in English.
This post is on the already known topic "Daily routines", but it focuses on the use of the 3rd person singular. Pay close attention to the main differences.
Tomorrow I'm going to publish another post on this topic that will include some exercises to guide you to exame your performance towards this grammar issue.
Today we are going to start a new chapter on this blog called Britain explored. Britain explored offers you some snapshots of the landscape, cultural aspects, customs and daily life of Great Britain.
I really hope you enjoy this new virtual corner.
Have fun while learning English!
Today we are going to explore some vocabulary related to daily routines. As we have seen in one of our classes, there are several activities that we have to do everyday. These daily actions are presented by the present simple tense.
eg. Everyday I wake up at a quarter to seven but I only get up at seven o'clock. Then I take a shower and get dressed. After that I go to the kitchen and have breakfast.
So pay attention to the following video and try to get as many vocabulary as possible.
Hi! Today I have chosen a song that teaches you an awesome message: no matter what the conditions are, you shouldn't give up. Everything is possible if you make a real effort to achieve it!
Hello! Through this video you are given the opportunity to review the formation as well as the use of the present continuous tense.
Have fun and keep improving your English on a daily basis!
Hello! Today you are given the chance to solve further exercises on the use of the present continuous tense. Don't forget to check the answer key.
Have fun and improve your English!
Today you will learn the use of the present continuous tense for an action that is taking place at the time of speaking.
Enjoy yourself and improve your English!
Today, you can watch another small video in which an English elementary language student presents an imaginary character called Rachel Watson and provides some personal information about her.
Welcome to this new virtual place where you'll have the chance to learn some new words related to different topics and find many exercises to assess your most recent knowledge.
This week's topic is the "house and furniture".
Enjoy your day!
Hello! Today you'll have the chance to learn the countries whose official language is the English as well as those in which the English is one of the official languages.
See you soon!
Learn the name of the "nations" that form Great Britain and the United Kingdom. Later on, you'll have some exercises online on this topic. Keep in touch!
Do you know when we use the demonstrative determiners? Now you are going to learn how you should use them. Pay attention to the cartoons because they are going to explain that to you. Later on, I'll give you some exercises on this topic.